Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

Of course, nothing’s purer—or cheaper—than natural sand. And that has led to a sand underworld, says Vince Beiser on NPR.. “Organized crime has taken over the sand business,” he says.

Astriking discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled the bizarre and fascinating nature of the exoplanet ...

Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Apparently By Ryan F. Mandelbaum Published September 8, 2017 | Comments (0) | 𝕏. Copied! ...

• Nearly 70% of all sand grains on Earth are made of quartz, a form of silicon dioxide also known as silica. (It's made of the two most abundant elements in the Earth's crust, silicone and dioxide.) ...

Now one of the earth's most common commodities is a precious resource to residents that cities spend millions of dollars on. As beaches shrink, neighbors and cities in California fight for sand ...

In a few places on Earth, sand "sings" as it falls down dunes, making a low droning sound that lies within the bottom half of a cello's musical range. For centuries the eerie humming in deserts ...

Whereas sand castles on Earth typically need water to stick together, these structures on Titan could rely somewhat on electric charge, which the sand there could retain for up to months, ...